Masato Nakafuku

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Best Publications

• Regulation of myosin phosphatase by Rho and Rho-associated kinase (Rho-kinase)

  Kazushi Kimura;Masaaki Ito;Mutsuki Amano;Kazuyasu Chihara

  3621
  Citations

• Regeneration of Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons after Ischemic Brain Injury by Recruitment of Endogenous Neural Progenitors

  Hirofumi Nakatomi;Toshihiko Kuriu;Shigeo Okabe;Shin ichi Yamamoto

  1914
  Citations

• Rho-associated kinase, a novel serine/threonine kinase, as a putative target for small GTP binding protein Rho

  T. Matsui;M. Amano;T. Yamamoto;K. Chihara

  1368
  Citations

• Glial cells generate neurons: the role of the transcription factor Pax6

  Nico Heins;Paolo Malatesta;Francesco Cecconi;Masato Nakafuku

  920
  Citations

• Structure and Function of Signal-Transducing GTP-Binding Proteins

  Yoshito Kaziro;Hiroshi Itoh;Tohru Kozasa;Masato Nakafuku

  865
  Citations

• A binding site for Gli proteins is essential for HNF-3beta floor plate enhancer activity in transgenics and can respond to Shh in vitro

  Hiroshi Sasaki;Chi Chung Hui;Masato Nakafuku;Hisato Kondoh

  843
  Citations

• Regulation of Gli2 and Gli3 activities by an amino-terminal repression domain: implication of Gli2 and Gli3 as primary mediators of Shh signaling.

  Hiroshi Sasaki;Yuriko Nishizaki;Chi Chung Hui;Masato Nakafuku

  829
  Citations

• Sonic Hedgehog-induced activation of the Gli1 promoter is mediated by GLI3.

  Ping Dai;Hiroshi Akimaru;Yasunori Tanaka;Toshio Maekawa

  661
  Citations

• Function of Ras as a molecular switch in signal transduction.

  T Satoh;M Nakafuku;Y Kaziro

  557
  Citations

• The neural RNA-binding protein Musashi1 translationally regulates mammalian numb gene expression by interacting with its mRNA.

  Takao Imai;Akinori Tokunaga;Tetsu Yoshida;Mitsuhiro Hashimoto

  535
  Citations

• Combinatorial Roles of Olig2 and Neurogenin2 in the Coordinated Induction of Pan-Neuronal and Subtype-Specific Properties of Motoneurons

  Rumiko Mizuguchi;Michiya Sugimori;Hirohide Takebayashi;Hidetaka Kosako

  534
  Citations

• Hes binding to STAT3 mediates crosstalk between Notch and JAK–STAT signalling

  Sachiko Kamakura;Koji Oishi;Takeshi Yoshimatsu;Masato Nakafuku

  517
  Citations

• BMP2-mediated alteration in the developmental pathway of fetal mouse brain cells from neurogenesis to astrocytogenesis

  Kinichi Nakashima;Takumi Takizawa;Takumi Takizawa;Takumi Takizawa;Wataru Ochiai;Wataru Ochiai;Makoto Yanagisawa;Makoto Yanagisawa

  487
  Citations

• Mash1 specifies neurons and oligodendrocytes in the postnatal brain.

  Carlos M Parras;Rossella Galli;Olivier Britz;Sylvia Soares

  467
  Citations

• F3/contactin acts as a functional ligand for Notch during oligodendrocyte maturation.

  Qi Dong Hu;Qi Dong Hu;Beng Ti Ang;Beng Ti Ang;Meliha Karsak;Wei Ping Hu

  455
  Citations

• Dynamic expression of basic helix-loop-helix Olig family members: implication of Olig2 in neuron and oligodendrocyte differentiation and identification of a new member, Olig3.

  Hirohide Takebayashi;Shosei Yoshida;Michiya Sugimori;Hidetaka Kosako

  452
  Citations

• Involvement of ras p21 protein in signal-transduction pathways from interleukin 2, interleukin 3, and granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor, but not from interleukin 4.

  Takaya Satoh;Masato Nakafuku;Atsushi Miyajima;Yoshito Kaziro

  434
  Citations

• Identification of IQGAP as a Putative Target for the Small GTPases, Cdc42 and Rac1

  Shinya Kuroda;Masaki Fukata;Kenta Kobayashi;Masato Nakafuku

  432
  Citations

• IRA2, a second gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that encodes a protein with a domain homologous to mammalian ras GTPase-activating protein.

  K Tanaka;M Nakafuku;F Tamanoi;Y Kaziro

  419
  Citations

• S. cerevisiae genes IRA1 and IRA2 encode proteins that may be functionally equivalent to mammalian ras GTPase activating protein

  Kazuma Tanaka;Masato Nakafuku;Takaya Satoh;Mark S. Marshall

  413
  Citations